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empire
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by
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Peter Langston many years ago. A number of multi-player variants of varying
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degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented
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for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS/Windows
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freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various commercial derivatives
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the best known is probably Empire Deluxe on PCs and Amigas. Modern empire is
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a real-time wargame played over the internet by up to 120 players. Typical
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games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of months (long term). The
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amount of sleep you can get while playing is a function of the rate at which
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updates occur and the number of co-rulers of your country. Empire server
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software is available for Unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other
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platforms. A comprehensive history of the game is available at
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http://www.empire.cx/infopages/History.html. The Empire resource site is at
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http://www.empire.cx/.
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